By Sean Brodrick On May 9, 201810:54 AM Eastern
Two weeks ago, I recommended you bank half-gains on Ring Energy (Nasdaq: REI). Today, most energy stocks are up. Heck, your Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) position is roaring. But Ring Energy is down....
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 9, 201810:31 AM Eastern
Small Community Banks Dominate, Taking 11 of 12 Spots
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL (May 9, 2018) – Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent provider of ratings and analysis of financial service...
By Mike Larson On May 9, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I look at dozens of charts each week. Some are incredibly valuable. Some are less so. And some are just pure garbage.
But what I’m about to show you is a chart that I believe to be one of the...
By Jon D. Markman On May 9, 201805:12 AM Eastern
Stocks careened around Wall Street again yesterday like trucks skidding on ice, spending most of the Tuesday session in the red before just barely eking out a gain.
The proximate cause for...
By Jon D. Markman On May 8, 201802:24 PM Eastern
U.S. stocks and oil prices were in modest retreat today following President Trump’s decision to ditch the Iran nuclear deal.
Through 2:15 pm ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 65...
By Sean Brodrick On May 8, 201812:12 PM Eastern
The action in the broader stock market is sideways lately. This is frustrating, especially from a trading perspective. Meanwhile, oil surged to its highest level since 2014 yesterday. This is...
By Jon D. Markman On May 8, 201806:28 AM Eastern
Stocks zipped around Wall Street in typically manic-depressive fashion this Monday. After zooming higher at the start, they dawdled midday, then plunged around 3 p.m., and finally ended with a...
By Jon D. Markman On May 7, 201803:25 PM Eastern
Stocks have started the week with an upbeat tone, though trading in the afternoon became a little more volatile after news emerged that the White House plans to announce its decision on the Iran...
By Jon D. Markman On May 7, 201810:47 AM Eastern
Stocks are starting the week with an upbeat tone, led by energy shares that are taking their cue from rising crude oil prices.
Although this morning’s action piles on top of the strong results...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On May 7, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I was born in 1946, soon after World War II ended and just as a postwar economic boom was getting underway.
Many people thought that boom would last only a year or two. The Great Depression was...